Nottingham Forest have sacked manager Mark Warburton less than 24 hours after losing at home to Sunderland.

Yesterday’s 1-0 defeat at the City ground proved to be the final straw for Warburton, whose team were booed off for the second time in five days with the Forest fans having given them the same treatment following their 3-0 home reverse at the hands of Sheffield Wednesday on Boxing Day.

And with Forest having won just one of their last seven games in the Championship, a run which has seen them slip from eighth place to 14th, owner Evangelos Marinakis has pulled the plug.

Mark Warburton (Image: Getty Images Europe)

Warburton was appointed nine months ago on a two-and-a-half year contract by the club’s previous owner Fawaz Al Hasawi and helped Forest narrowly avoid relegation last season, before Marinakis took over in May.

Warburton’s assistant David Weir and director of football Frank McParland have also left the club.

Academy manager Gary Brazil has been appointed as caretaker-manager while the club searches for a new boss.